imaginant

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/ɪˈmæd͡ʒɪnənt/

adjective

imagining; conceiving, or imaginative

OriginLatin imaginans →
Scrabble 12
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Meanings

adjectiveimaginant (comparative more imaginant, superlative most imaginant)

comparative more imaginant · superlative most imaginant

  1. obsoleteimagining; conceiving, or imaginative

    the force of Imagination is , either upon the Body Imaginant , or upon another Body

    1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC
nounimaginant (plural imaginants)

plural imaginants

  1. obsoleteAn imaginer.

    and the same kind of strings being moved , and much what after the same manner as in the first Imaginant ; the Soul is awaken'd to the same apprehensions , as were they that caus'd them

    1665, Joseph Glanvill, Scepsis Scientifica: Or, Confest Ignorance, the Way to Science; […], London: […] E. C[otes] for Henry Eversden […], →OCLC

Origin

  1. Latinimaginans
  2. Englishimaginant

From Latin imaginans, present participle of imaginari: compare French imaginant.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

animating
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APA

imaginant. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/imaginant

MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “imaginant,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/imaginant.

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